Eupithecia silenicolata

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Eupithecia silenicolata
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Adult
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Larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. silenicolata
Binomial name
Eupithecia silenicolata

Eupithecia silenicolata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from southern Europe (southern France, central Italy and the Balkan Peninsula) and Morocco to western Asia (Turkey, Russia and the Caucasus), Iran and Pakistan.[2] In the north, the range extends to southern Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy.

The wingspan is about 22 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Silene species which are related to Silene nutans, especially Silene paradoxa. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[4]

Subspecies

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  • Eupithecia silenicolata silenicolata
  • Eupithecia silenicolata perdistincta Wehrli, 1933 (Lebanon)
  • Eupithecia silenicolata soultanabadi Brandt, 1941 (Iran)[5]
  • Eupithecia silenicolata zengoensis Fazekas, 1979

References

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  2. ^ Mironov, V.G., A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 2, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (2): 117-143.
  3. ^ Lepiforum.de
  4. ^ Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie
  5. ^ Mironov, V. & U. Ratzel, 2012: New species of the genus Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentii-nae) from Iran. Zootaxa 3580: 56-68. Abstract: [1]

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